Gun Pulse: Justice Department settlement reverses ban on forced-reset triggers
The settlement ends multiple legal challenges to a ruling from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives that certain forced-reset triggers were essentially illegal machine guns under the National Firearms Act.
The federal government must return all previously seized or surrendered forced-reset triggers, but manufacturers still cannot design these devices for handguns. File Image.
The Justice Department struck a deal Friday that allows the sale and possession of forced-reset triggers for semiautomatic rifles, effectively scrapping a Biden administration ban on the devices.
The settlement ends multiple legal challenges to a ruling from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives that certain forced-reset triggers were essentially illegal machine guns under the National Firearms Act.
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